Suspenders



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SUSPENDERS.

APPLICATION `FILED mm. I1. 1921.

Patented Aug. 2?, 1921.

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SUSPENDERS.

Application led March 17, 1921.

T0 all whom t may con-cem Be it known that I, VIRGIL REA STRADER, acitizen of the United States of America, and resident of Philippi,county of Barbour, and State of West Virginia, have invented Certain newand useful Improvements in Suspenders, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates broadly to garment supporters, and morespecifically to an end structure for Suspenders.

The main object of the invention is to simplify and structurally improvethe suspender-end structure disclosed in my prior Patent N o. 1,356,944,granted to me October 26, 1920.

The structure shown in the patent mentioned includes a looped cordhaving its ends projected through eyes provided therefor in aspring-overlying yoke, and clamps attached to said ends and disposed inseated relation to said yoke. An objectionable feature of said structureresides in the employment .of the clamps, due to the fact that theybecome detached more or less readily by strains imposed thereon throughpulls on the cord.

The chief aim of the present invention is to obviate the objectionreferred to by the provision of a suspended end in' which both the yokeand clamps of my said prior structure are dispensed with.

With this and other objects in view, the invention resides in thefeatures of construction and arrangement of parts which will hereinafterbe fully described, reference Y being had to the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a suspender endconstructed in accordance with my invention, and- T Fig. 2 is anenlarged section on line 2 2,

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Referring to said drawings, 1 indicates a pocket formed by doubling theend portion of a suspender strap 2 of inelastic webbing back upon itselfand stitching the same along its lateral edges and across its end to theunderlying strap.

Seated at the bottom of the pocket is the lower end of a spring 3 formedof a narrow strip of resilient steel bent into zigzag shape and havingits upper end located adjacent to the upper end of said pocket.

Looped over the top end of said spring is Specification lof LettersPatent.

turned back upon spring are firmly Patented Auges, 1921. Serial No.452,926.l

an intermediate portion of a cord 4 which extends thence downward onopposite lateral sides of said spring and outward through eyes 5provided therefor in the bottom of said pocket.

The longer of the end portions of the cord projecting outward throughsaid eyes 5 yis itself to form a lower terminal loop or button-receivingportion 4, and the two ends of the cord are brought together, or intomeeting relation, within the embrace of a metal clamp 6 which isdisposed in rigidly binding or clamping relation to the twosubstantially parallel mempers of the cord above said button-receivingoop.

The topmost lap 3a of the spring 3 is horizontally disposed and ispreferably slightly concave-convex in cross section to afford a seat forthe overlying portion of the cord. the latter being firmly attached tosaid lap 3a by means of a clam The spring 3 yields readily to compression strains imposed thereon through pulls applied to the cord 4, thuspermitting relative downward movement of the latter with reslpect to theinelastic strap 2. Y s is obvious, the construction described is equallyadapted to be embodied in suspenders and garment supporters of thedifferent types or forms conmionly employed by men, women and children.

`What is claimed is- 1. A suspender comprising an inelastic webbingdoubled upon itself to form a pocket, a zigzag spring disposed withinsaid pocket and having its lower end seated upon the bottom of thelatter, a cord having an intermediate portion thereof supported upon theupper end of said spring, said cord having the opposite members thereoflocated laterally of said spring and projected outwardly through thebottom of said pocket, a clamp whereby said intermediate portion of thecord and the supporting portion of the attached together, and meansuniting the opposite ends of said cord outside said pocket and forming aterminal loop.

2. A suspender comprising an inelastic webbing doubled upon itself toform a pocket, a zigzag spring disposed within said pocket and havingits lower end seated upon the bottom of the latter, the topmost lap ofsaid spring being disposed horizontally, a

cord having'an intermediate portion thereof forming means for attachingsaid cord to a seated upon said topmost lap and extending garment. lothence downwardly between the sides of said In testimony whereof, Iaffix my signature spring and the lateral edge portions of said inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

pocket and protruding through the bottom VIRGIL REA STRADER. of thelatter, a clamp securing said oord in Witnesses: Y its said seatedposition, and means uniting M. M. STRADER,

the ends of said oord outside said pocket and l ELVA H. CORRELL.

